Cult: TBs: Sulfur
- Subject: Cult: TBs: Sulfur
- From: F* E*
- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 17:45:14 -0600
In the latest bulletin of the AIS, page 22, Rick Ernst tells of putting
sulfur in Cooley's iris beds to prevent rhizome rot. He uses 5% sulfur in
the pre-plant fertilizer. I am wondering if putting plain garden sulfur
into the soil before planting would have the same effect.
We have quite a bit of sulfur left over from previous garden
preparations. Here it acidifies the ground a little and helps loosen the
very hard, alkaline clay. While I am sitting here in a cool room writing,
my husband is out applying the stuff to our new iris beds. I fear getting
too much on. I wonder what the effect of that would be. Last year I
planted irises in a bed where I could still see tiny yellow flecks of sulfur
applied to a vegetable garden several years before. The irises have done
well there, and I see no signs of rot.
I will be interested to see if anyone else has tried sulfur on irises.
Francelle Edwards Glendale, AZ Zone 9
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